About - Quativa

Our story

In 2017, Quativa’s co-founder had an epiphany. At his own bachelor party on a houseboat on Lake Powell, Dallen Gietz came up with a solution to the solar industry’s biggest problem. He grabbed a notepad, sketched it out, and pitched the business idea to his friends and to the smartest person he knew, David Makharadze. Then and there Dallen and David set out to accomplish that vision of a utopian solar experience and Quativa began.

Informed by years of experience in the solar industry, Gietz and his co-founders set out to make the solar sales and installation process smooth and scalable. Shortly after testing and launch, Quativa rocketed. Thanks to a round of series A capital, Quativa scaled from 4 to 14 markets in 8 months, creating over 1000 solar jobs each month.

Quativa now has the largest installation network in the country. What’s more, Quativa’s platform sets the highest standard for efficiency, install quality, and customer satisfaction. With our eye on the future, we’ll keep setting the bar higher.

We are Quativa.

The Quativa promise

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This is our promise to you. When you choose Quativa, we guarantee that you’re getting the highest quality product on the market, installed expertly at a great price. We hold our partners – both sellers and installers – to a rigorous set of standards to ensure that every Quativa customer gets the same unrivaled experience. With Quativa, you can count on a team of trustworthy professionals who do the job right the first time.

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the standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something.

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the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.

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This is our promise to you. When you choose Quativa, we guarantee that you’re getting the highest quality product on the market, installed efficiently and at a great price. We hold our partners – both sellers and installers – to a detailed set of standards to ensure that every Quativa customer gets the same great experience. This includes a rigorous vetting process for every person who uses our platform: sellers (like the person showing you this presentation), as well as the installers responsible for setting up your system. With Quativa, you can count on a team of trustworthy professionals who do the job right the first time, without the fear of being overcharged.

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qual·i·ty
/ˈkwälədē/

the standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something.

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time
/tīm/

the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.

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value
/ˈvalyo͞o/

the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something.

The leadership team

With decades of experience in the industry, Quativa’s executive team is shaping solar’s future.

Dallen Gietz

CEO & Co-Founder

Former President of $200M revenue sister firm ESP

Drove 5x topline growth at ESP from Q4 2019 to Q3 2020

7 years executive-level residential solar experience

David Makharadze

CRO & Co-Founder

Multiple eight-figure exits in various industries, including technology

Former Managing Partner of Diamond Rock, a privately held investment firm

Investor in Solar Installation Companies

Toby Christie

CTO

10+ years as CTO of CareerArc

10+ years tech executive experience at Paramount & Sapient

B.S. in Computer Science from Cornell University

Clinton Ehrlich

CMO

Former CMO at ROKiT Phones and ROK Mobile

Head of Marketing at sister firm ESP

10+ years experience launching startups in technology, IaaS and wireless

Trent Vansice

COO

Co-founder and CBO of $250M revenue Auric Energy, member of Inc. 500 four years in a row

7+ Years Director in Service and Ops with Fortune 50 Telecom, ran teams of over 1000+

2017 Utah Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist

Jess Phillips

CSO

Co-founder and CEO of $250M revenue Auric Energy, member of Inc. 500 four years in a row

Developed 2019 U.S. Energy Project of the Year utilizing Strategic Partnering Experience

2017 Utah Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist

Ranjan Barua

VP of Finance

15+ years of building and leading finance, strategy & analytics functions and teams for fortune 50 and venture backed enterprises across multiple industries.

Life at Quativa

Quativa is built on a core set of values that bring out the best in our team. We believe in an ownership mindset, a culture of care and respect, and the highest of performance standards. If you’re ready to be the best version of yourself, we think you’ll fit right in. Join us.